To meet the increasing demand for educational research specialists, the author proposes a graduate level study plan which school systems can initiate. State school systems would recruit students, provide partial financial support, and assure school employment. Emphasis on a short program with a large number of trainees is necessary. To facilitate…

This paper discusses observations found upon examining district management styles (autocratic vs. democratic) in evaluation offices and evaluation management levels (federal, state, and local) in relationship to the creativity and effectiveness of internal evaluators and usefulness of feedback information to the school site. (Author)

The purpose of this project was to stimulate the incidence and develop the quality of educational research by faculty members in higher education institutions in Arkansas through individual small project grants, intensive institutional educational research development programs, and project development grants. Activities were grouped into 4 areas.…

This report represents both an attempt to update the two previous U.S. inventories on research in postsecondary education and a further plea for a regular and consistently-supported vehicle for collecting information or research in postsecondary education. Unlike previous research inventories, this effort is more selective in scope and content. It…

Developed and circulated at the request of the Rural Sociological Society's Research Committee on Educational and Occupational Behavior, this 1969 list of researchers, agencies, and libraries serves as a directory for those interested in research reports pertaining to occupational and educational mobility and status projections of youth. The 397…

Investigated were the attitudes of basic biological researchers toward information systems currently used, the usefulness of these services in meeting information needs, and the services expected from an advanced information system. A sample of 50 biological researchers from 14 academic institutions representing 19 areas of specialization was…

To increase the expertise of leaders in educational research, a series of four 5-day training sessions were held between April 1968 and January 1969. Ninety-five persons from all parts of the nation attended the sessions, including directors of educational research and development programs, professors, administrators, and research associates. The…

This paper describes administrative experimentation--a particular strategy and method of field testing or evaluation. Administrative experimentation can best be described as a specialized form of field testing, field experimentation or evaluation which emphasizes the dual role of administrator and experimenter. This method is first defined in…

In the fall of 1973, De Anza College conducted a nationwide survey of institutional research in 2-year colleges. Questionnaires were sent to every 2-year educational institution in the United States. About 45 percent were returned. Part of the purpose of this survey was to compile a directory of research personnel. This directory is the result. It…

This document contains instruments used in the yearly evaluations of the Laboratory for Educational Research (LER) of the University of Colorado between 1966 and 1970. It also includes the instruments used for the summer 1973 LER Summative Evaluation. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine the effectiveness of this research training…

Departments are characterized according to the heterogeneity of the faculty's research interests. The study examines the extent to which department performance and satisfaction are related to the heterogeneity of the faculty. ACE rating, teaching effectiveness, and faculty satisfaction with five facets of the department are employed as criteria.…

The budgets of several English research laboratories for at least eight consecutive years were examined to obtain an estimate of the rate of change of cost per scientist. Trends were considered separately for wages, buildings and equipment. The largest real-price growth rates per scientist were in major equipment costs, with increases of up to 20…

The objective of the Higher Education Personnel Training Programs is to assist institutions of higher education in meeting critical shortages of highly qualified personnel who are serving or preparing to serve as teachers, administrators, or educational specialists in 2- and 4-year colleges and universities. The fellowships are awarded for 1 or 2…

This document presents a creatively written description of Antioch College in Columbia, Maryland, written by a college consultant who was hired as a consultant to the governing council of the college to make an analysis of the college's governance system and the learning and social environment of the school. The author describes how the…

The purpose of curriculum scholarship is to increase understanding of cause and effect relationships pertaining to curriculum characteristics, development, and utilization. The increased understanding on which these various improvements in educational practice depend can be achieved through a combination of several scholarly approaches. Synergy is…